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/ˈɛm/
noun 10pron 2name 2intj 1adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
glad, real, secondary, together, wet
VERB + EM
abused, drone, get', got, invites, spend, written
EM + NOUN
cima, david, eir, i'm, night, spectrum, word
PREP.
on, up, with
ADV.
separately
Definitions
noun
1
The name of the Latin script letter M/m.
It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
2
A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
Insert here a one-em dash or long dash.
That the price of work, paid for by letters be advanced from fourpence to fourpence halfpenny per thousand, including English and brevier; and, in leaded matter, the ems and ens at the beginnings and ends of the lines not to be reckoned in the width.
3
A relative unit of sizing defined in terms of the font size.
pron
1
Alternative form of 'em.
pron
1
A gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey or e, equivalent to the singular them and coordinate with him and her.
If the author uses such notation, it should be up to Em to indicate Eir intentions clearly, but there’s no harm checking first.
I may become quite intimate with someone, spend hours with em every night, and yet not have the slightest idea what eir voice sounds like, or what eir RL body looks, feels, and smells like.
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Synonyms
noun — a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
Wiktionary02
Insert here a one-em dash or long dash.
Wiktionary03
That the price of work, paid for by letters be advanced from fourpence to fourpence halfpenny per thousand, including English and brevier; and, in leaded matter, the ems and ens at the beginnings and
Wiktionary04
If the author uses such notation, it should be up to Em to indicate Eir intentions clearly, but there’s no harm checking first.
Wiktionary05
I may become quite intimate with someone, spend hours with em every night, and yet not have the slightest idea what eir voice sounds like, or what eir RL body looks, feels, and smells like.
Wiktionary06
E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves^([sic]), and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible.
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